COSATU ENDS SIT-IN 

The overall convenors of Nedlac met this morning to discuss the sit-in by Cosatu senior officials at Nedlac's offices. The overall convenors, which consist of the Director-General of Labour, Rams Ramashia, Raymond Parsons of Business, Khulu Mbongo of the Community Constituency, and Tony Ehrenreich of Labour (standing in for Ebrahim Patel, who is away), agreed that the terms of reference for yesterday's meeting had been interpreted differently by their constituencies. This had resulted in Cosatu's unhappiness with the government delegation sent to the meeting.

The overall convenors agreed that the Executive Council meeting of the 19 June would go ahead to discuss issues of national priority, including the issues related to unemployment regarding which Cosatu protested recently. Prior to this meeting, there would be a further meeting of officials to prepare the areas on which the Executive Council should focus.

After the overall convenors' meeting, Cosatu met separately with the overall convenor for government, Advocate Rams Ramashia, and subsequently decided to end their sit-in of the Nedlac offices.